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Letters Patent No. -8 6,603,1dated February 2,. I

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To all whomfitma/y concern Be it known that I, JACQB Truman, of Hebron, in the county ofBoone, and"State of- Kentueky,`have invented a new and jusefulV Improvement in Farm- Gates; and I dohereby declare the following `to be a full, elear, and exact description of the same, reference` being had tov the'accompanying drawings', which, with the letters of reference manke'd thereon, form part of this specification;

My invention. relates to the construction of the'gate by which the outer-or free Lieudmay be readily elevated (xr-lowered, relatively Atofthe inner or pivoted. endwith'. out interfering with or disturbing the latter. y

The outer end of thegate may thus be elevated and supported, and made to rotate' above and free from cumulations of ice, snow, and other obstructions to its end of the gate may beloweretL'and made to rotate and close with'an appropriate proximity to the'gro'und.A

In the accompanying drawings- Figure l is a representation of a donble-panel gate, and

Figure 2, a single-panel gate, .to both .of-.which my improvement is applied, Y

Like letters 'of reference indicate'flike V'parts in the a represents thef posts` between which the gate is Supported; b, the vertical parts or stilesof the gate;V

e, the `horizontal bars;

d, the diagonal brace;

e, the latch or fastening; and

4In'framing the gate, ,the Stiles are eithermortised' to receive. the j ends of 'the hars, orthe stle's may be made in two" parts, betweenwhehgthe, bars may. be held." Ign eithercase, the ends-'ofthe-:bars are tovbe secured bya single bolt :or-pin, or insomeother'manner which "leave, themlwith freedom 'to -rQtate'a short distance vertically.

' The diagonal` brace d lis pivoted or stepped in a suit- 1c representsholes through thehon'zontal bars, and corresponding with thedifferent positions of the diaglonal brace, similar holes, through which a pin, or bolt, l,

may be inserted, to retain the parts in the position in whichI they may be placed. l I, v I

The .operation of this contrivance will be readily un- -derstootL 4 I f. NByraia'mg the. outerA en d .of the gates the. diagonal brace is allowed to fallinto either of lthe notches pro vided for it, lwhere it may bef'secured bya bolt, orpin, e, passing through the appropriate holes, la; and in Athis position, more or less elevated'above the ground .over'which itis to rotate, it will he firmly supported. f, I am aware that a pivoted bar, taking into a notched' hatten of the gate, is not new; nor-do I wish to broadly claim the same, as .it isshown in the patent of E. I. H. Oapron, April 28, 1868. In -his gate, however, he employs two pivoted bars, secured together by a brace, `which is provided' with 'a hole, registering with holes in a middle hatten, and provided with a pin' to alll'ect adjustment. In mygate, I dispense with the-use of two bars and the connecting-brace, using only one, and ap' `'plying the adj usting-pindirectly tothe bar, 'and taking into one of the rails of Ithe gate; and herein consistsone feature of my invention.

' Al. Thepivotedbar,withadjusting-pin, arranged and 

